Astrid Susanto

Maria Antonia Astrid Sunarti Susanto -- deputy chairwoman of Commission I of the Indonesian legislature, the People's Representative Council—was born 4 January 1936 in Makassar, South Celebes, Dutch East Indies and died on 13 April 2006 in Jakarta. She was also a professor in the Department of International Relations at the University of Indonesia.
Susanto received her M.Phil. at the University of Münster, then-West Germany, in 1960 and a Ph.D. in Mass Communications at the Free University of Berlin in 1964.

Career

Dean of the publication faculty, Padjajaran University, Bandung
Adjunct Professor, Communications and Developmental Sociology, University of Indonesia
Head of the Bureau of the Study of Cultures in the Ministry of National Development
Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Development
Member, People's Consultative Assembly from Utusan Golongan
Member, PDKB DPR/MPR faction
Member, Kesatuan Bangsa Kebangsaan Indonesia faction
Adjunct Professor, in the post graduate program - University of Indonesia, Jakarta; Sahid University, Jakarta; and Hasannudin University, Makassar
Family

Susanto was the second daughter of Soenario, S.H., a former Indonesian minister of foreign affairs, and Dina Maria Geraldine Maranta Soenario. Her husband was Ir. Bambang Susanto. She had two sons and one daughtern.
Susanto's older sister is Sunaryati Hartono, vice-chairman of the National Ombudsman Commission of Indonesia.